UWB Theory, Channel, and Applications

Helsinki University of Technology S-72.4210 Postgraduate Course in Radio Communications Contents UWB Theory, Channel, and Applications Introduction UWB Channel Models Modulation Schemes References Hafeth Hourani 2 Next A bit of History Introduction UWB Channel Models Modulation Schemes References Is it a new technology? The first impulse system patent was awarded in 1954 The basic concept was first described in 1960 The first landmark patent of UWB was awarded in 1973 It has been used since 1980 in military Radar applications The term UWB was first used in 1989 by DoD Up to 1994, all UWB studies were classified A substantial change occurred in 2002 when UWB was made public (by FCC) NO! The concept is 50 years old... 3 4

A Short Story UWB Synonyms The efforts to bring UWB to the mainstream were greeted with great hostility The allocated band is 7.5 GHz the largest allocation for BW to any commercial terrestrial system The enormous BW means that UWB could offer Gbps data rates The BW sat on top of many existing allocations. That causes many concerns FCC allocated 1500-times the spectrum allocation of a single UMTS license The band is FREE FCC received almost 1000 submissions opposing the proposed UWB In response The maximum power was limited to ~ 0.5mW Therefore, UWB could be used to Indoor, short-range communications for high data rates, OR Outdoor, long-range, but for very low data rates Other terms associated with ultra-wideband include impulse, short-pulse, non-sinusoidal, carrier-less, time domain, super wideband, fast frequency chirp, and mono-pulse 5 6 Where does it fit? Fundamentals The basic idea is to develop, transmit and receive an extremely short duration burst of radio frequency energy The resultant waveforms are extremely broadband The very wideband nature of UWB means that it spans frequencies commonly used as carrier frequencies The UWB signal is carrierless. (NO carrier at all) No upconversion nor downconversion No local oscillator nor phase tracking loops UWB signal is noiselike Low energy density Pseudo-random characteristics 7 8

Narrowband, Wideband and Ultrawideband UWB Signal Definition Fractional Bandwidth (B f ) B f f H f c f L FCC Definition B f > 20% (measured at -10 db) total BW > 500 MHz System Radio Transmission Power [W] 50 kw Bandwidth [Hz] 75 khz Power Spectral Density [W/MHz] 666,600 Classification narrowband Common Definition B f > 25% total BW > 1.5 GHz B f > 1% B f > 25% TV 100 kw 6 MHz 16,1700 narrowband GSM-900 320 W 200 khz 1,600 narrowband GSM-1800 20 W 200 khz 100 narrowband WCDMA 20 W 5 MHz 4 wideband WLAN 1 W 20 MHz 0.05 wideband UWB 1 mw 7.5 GHz 0.013 ultrawideband 9 10 Spectral Mask UWB Coexistences UWB system cover a large spectrum and interfere with existing licensed spectrum Polite coexistence with Licensed spectrum The Aggregate Interference from UWB is undetectable to narrowband Rx. The Power Spectral Density is at Narrow Band Thermal Noise level or below P t PSD BW 11 12

Unique Features Prominent Features (1/2) Ultra-short pulses High data rate Precise ranging capability Baseband transmission Low transceiver complexity No upconversion nor downconversion No local oscillator nor phase tracking loops Low duty cycle operation High energy efficiency Low probability of detect/intercept (LPD/I) Extremely low power spectral density (below noise level) Extremely narrow pulse-width Low duty cycle Resiliency to multipath fading Can resolve multipath signals having differential delays on order of 1 ns Possible to distinguish reflecting surfaces separated by centimeters For pulse duration 2ns 0.13ns => resolvable pathlength 60cm 4 cm 13 14 Prominent Features (2/2) Theoretical Motivation: Channel Capacity Low complexity of UWB transceiver Carrier-less transmission results in low cost manufacturing Nearly all-digital, with minimum RF electronics Precise ranging capability Have very good time domain resolution allowing for location and tracking applications Precise timing required to receive sub-nanosecond pulses presents the opportunity to precisely determine range between Tx. And Rx. In order of several centimeters 15 16

Applications Home Connectivity Wireless Communication Systems LAN & PAN Roadside info-station Short-range radios Military communications Radar & Sensing Vehicular radar Medical imaging Surveillance 17 18 UWB Data Rates Regulatory Bodies Regulation in the USA In Feb 2002, the FCC issued the UWB rulings that provided the first radiation limitations for UWB Regulation in Europe Currently, there are no dedicated frequency bands for UWB applications in ETSI or ITU It is expected that ETSI/CEPT will follow the FCC 19 20

Related Standards Next... IEEE 802.15 : Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) IEEE 802.15.1 : Bluetooth, 1Mbps IEEE 802.15.3 : WPAN/high rate, 50Mbps IEEE 802.15.3a: WPAN/Higher rate, 200Mbps, UWB IEEE 802.15.4 : WPAN/low-rate, low-power, mw level, 200kbps Introduction UWB Channel Models Modulation Schemes References 21 22 UWB Channels UWB Channel Sounding Indoor Within a room (LOS & NLOS) Investigates the impact of Distance Rx/Tx antenna heights Antenna polarization Outdoor Campus environment Low altitude Mobility Frequency Domain (FD) channel sounding Measures the Frequency Response of the channel The channel is excited using a frequency sweeping sinusoidal signal The received signal is an approximation of the channel transfer function Time Domain (TD) channel sounding Measures the Impulse Response of the channel The channel is excited using an very short pulse 23 24

UWB Channel Sounding UWB Channel Model Characteristics Compared to the conventional channel models, the UWB channel has the following characteristics Only few multipath components overlap within each resolvable delay bin The amplitude fading characteristics are NO longer the usual Rayleigh Due to the large bandwidth, the propagation phenomena are different in the lower band and the upper band of the spectrum The size of the Fresnel zone will be remarkably different at the lower and higher frequency bands. (Fresnel zone is a function of frequency) The higher frequency components are attenuated more than the lower frequencies 25 26 Channel Models Clustering Models Modified Saleh-Valenzuela (SV) Model Adopted by the IEEE 802.15.3 WG as the reference model The model assumes Cluster Arrival Time, and Ray Arrival Time Both arrival times are modeled independently by Poisson processes Modified -K model Ray Tracing model Previous models for indoor propagation reported the existence of clusters of multipath components Example 4cm pathlength difference, gives rise to two multipath components separated by 133ps Thus, different parts of the same reflector (e.g., furniture piece) can give rise to several multipath components These components would be part of the same cluster 0 12.2 24.4 36.6 48.8 61 73.2 85.4 97.7 110 122 134 146 159 171 183 195 208 220 232 244 256 269 281 293 27 Angle-of-Arrival (degrees) 28

SV Impulse Response Model SV Impulse Response Model Multipath gain coefficients L K i i i,, h t X t T i th realization Delay of l th cluster i i k l l k l l0 k0 Log-normal shadowing Delay of k th multipath component relative to the l th cluster arrival time The channel coefficients are defined by Where, 1 2 10 k l n n k, l 2 2 N p, and 20log, k, l k, l k, l l 10 k, l l k, l 1 2 k, l l 20 0, 2 and 0, 2 n N n N 1 1 2 2 Model inputs Cluster Arrival Rate(1/nsec) Ray Arrival Rate(1/nsec) Cluster Decay Factor Ray Decay Factor Standard deviation for Cluster lognormal fading 1 (in db) Standard deviation for Ray lognormal fading 2 (in db) Standard deviation for total multipath lognormal fading x (in db) 29 30 Main Parameters of SV-Model SV Impulse Response Model SV-3 Model 31 32

Closer look at the Power Delay Profile LOS vs. NLOS Impulse Response Strong rays Cluster of rays (multipath cluster) Exponential time decay of ray energy Exponential time decay of power 33 34 Example: UWB Channel Measurements Example: UWB Channel Measurements Location d LOS (m.) AOA o P 5.47 49 B 16.92 191 F2 5.61 203 H 10.20 149 C 17.23 198 F1 8.68 172 L 7.04 136 N 5.29 107 A 16.13 184 E 13.54 156 M 13.07 255 T 10.48 293 U 10.57 41 W 8.87 327 LOS signal at 5.47m and 49 o 35 36

Example: UWB Channel Measurements Example: UWB Channel Measurements LOS signal at 10.2m and 149 o LOS signal at 13.07m and 255 o 37 38 Path Loss Model Path Loss Model The general path loss is given by Path loss component PL d PL0 n10 log10 dm X db Received power at reference distance (1m) Lognormal shadowing term 39 40

Next... Impulse Radio Introduction UWB Channel Models Modulation Schemes References UWB modulation is based on the Impulse Radio concept Generation of a series of very short duration pulses Any given pulse will have very low energy The permitted power levels for UWB are very low (~ 0.5mW) Because of the low energy, many pulses are combined to carry the information of one bit Impulse Radio is a mere baseband technique 41 42 The Gaussian Pulse: Time The Gaussian Pulse: Frequency T p T w 43 44

Closer Look at Gaussian Monocycle Closer Look at Gaussian Monocycle V t 6A e t e 3 p 2 6 t p V f j 2 2 2 2 f p e f p 6 3 2 e 45 46 Pulse Train: Time Pulse Train: Frequency UWB system typically use many pulse repetitions (hundreds) to represent each data symbol Amplitude / Normalized to A 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0-0.2-0.4 Uniform Pulse Train Spacing Amplitude / Normalized to 1 Gaussian Monocycle and Gaussian Monocycle Pulse Train in Frequency Domain 10 0 10-2 10-4 10-6 Gaussian Monocycle Monocycle Pulse Train -0.6-0.8 Uniform Pulse Train Spacing 10-8 -1 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Tim e (ns ) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Frequency (GHz) 47 48

Data Modulation (1/3) Data Modulation (2/3) Pulse Position Modulation (PPM) The data is carried in the fine time shift of the pulse While bit 0 is represented by a pulse originating at the time instant 0, bit 1 is shifted in time by the amount from 0. Bipolar Modulation (BPM) The data is carried in the polarity of the pulse Very energy efficient Example 4-ary PPM with data 01 Bi-orthogonal Modulation Combination of PAM and BPM M-ary bi-orthogonal has M/2 possible PPM shifts 49 50 Data Modulation (3/3) Next... Pulse Amplitude (PAM) Very poor energy efficiency Introduction UWB Channel Models Modulation Schemes References On-Off Keying (OOK) Simple implementation Poor energy efficiency 51 52

References [1] Leonard E. Miller, Why UWB, A Review of Ultrawideband Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, April 2003 [2] Jeffrey Reed, et al., Introduction to UWB: Impulse Radio for Radar and Wireless Communications, Virginia Polytechnique Institute & State University, URL: www.mprg.org [3] Cristian Muller, Martin Mittelbach, Study of coexistence between UWB and narrowband cellular systems, Dresden University of Technology, Dec 2003 [4] M. Saquid, UWB Communications for Military Applications, The University of Texas [5] Saeed S. Ghassemzadeh, Vahid Tarokh, The Ultra-wideband Indoor Path Loss Model, IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), doc: IEEE 802.15-02/278r1-SG3a [6] Ben Allen, Mohammad Chavami, UWB Signals and Systems, Kings College London [7] Moe Win, Recent Results on Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Channels with Unknown Distributions, wewin group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [8] Georgios B. Giannanksi, Ultra Wideband Communications: An Idea whose Time has Come, University of Minnesota [9] Liuqing Yang, Ultra-Wideband Communications, University of Florida, April 2005 [10] Ian Oppernamm, UWB, A Brief and Biased Overview, Center of Wireless Communications, University of Oulu [11] Jean-Marc Cramer, An Evaluation of Indoor Ultra-Wideband Communication Channels, IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), doc: IEEE 802.15-SG3a-02/325 [12] Martin Weisenhorn, Review of Ultra-Wideband Radio Channel Modeling, Zurich Research Laboratory [13] Ian Oppermann, UWB: Theory and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Oct 2004 Abbreviations FCC: Federal Communications Commission ETSI: European Telecommunications Standards Institute ITU: International Telecommunications Union CEPT: European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications ALT PHY: Alternative Physical (layer) 53 54 Exercise Q1. Given the multipath rich UWB channel. What kind of receiver do you suggest. Justify your selection. (1 point) Q2. The Gaussian pulse (and its derivatives) are not the only possible pulse shape for UWB systems. List three other waveforms (pulses). (3 pints) Q3. The ISI could seriously hinder the UWB system if not considered carefully. How would you counteract the ISI phenomena. (think about pulse generation) (2 points) Q4. In this presentation, we addressed the advantages of the UWB systems. The life is not so rosy! There are many potential challenges in UWB implementations. Mention four of them with one line explanation per each. (4 points) 55